If that happens, there are two things you can do.
This is traditionally bound to Ctrl+ Alt+ Esc (not sure if by default) and allows you to click on a misbehaving window to close it.īoth of these might not work if your entire system hangs. You can set up keyboard shortcuts in the Keyboard settings (Shortcuts tab), so you can bind Ctrl+ Alt+ Del to gnome-system-monitor, the command to start System Monitor.Īnother command you might be interested in is xkill.
System Monitor shows you an overview of running applications (under the Processes tab) and allows you to end them by right-clicking on the name and selecting the respective context menu item.
